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Day in Engineering History Archive - May 19

Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in
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May 19

1795:
Johns Hopkins, endower of the college named after him, was born.
1942:
Sir Joseph Larmor, the first to calculate the rate at which energy
is radiated by an accelerated electron, and the first to explain the
splitting of spectrum lines by a magnetic field, died. 1961: The
Venera 1 spacecraft became the first manmade object to fly past
a planet (Venus). 1964: The State Department disclosed that 40
hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
1967: The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and
Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space. 1987:
Chet Fleming was issued a patent for "keeping a head alive." 1998:
Millions of pagers went silent when the
Galaxy IV satellite began tumbling in its orbit. 1999: "Star
Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" was released in the U.S., setting
a new record for opening day sales at 28.5 million. 2005: "Star
Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" debuted in theaters.